The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-23
CHEWING is BAD FORM NOW.
Mon Are Taking to substitutes-How
Roscoe ConltIing Broke Upa Habit.

Mon Are Taking to substitutes-How
/ Roscoe ConltIing Broke UP IA Habit.
Manufacturers of tobacco say that the
habit of chewing is rapidly becoming
as obsolete as that of snuff-taking, ex-
cept among workingmen. You will
lind some Of the older men of wealth
and refinement who chew nowadays"
said large dealer, "but they acquired
the habit years ago, when it was not
thought vulgar or disreputable to
chew Some of the older judges chew,
and there are members of the supreme
court of the United States who were
not easy on the bench unless they had
4 quid. A very few clcrgymcn use
tobacco in this way, and not u few of
the Older lawyers and other profession
al men of years. But in the younger
generation Of cultivated men of good
manners there are very few, compare
lively, now TO be found who chew The
Young men of to-day rarely acquire the
habit, and predict that within the next
lew years users of the weed in this
form will be only those who belong to
the less cult waited society. 1t is now
regarded very bad form to chew,
though thirty years ago il was not.
No; chewing is going the way OF snuff
aking
Many of our most prominent public
men have fought hard to overcome
ms habit. In Chicago and st. Louis
chewing is now regarded as vulgar by
persons who make any pretcnsions TO
social standing, and many of the de-
vices employed by men to overcome the
lablt are amusing. At the late trial of
Maxwell in St. Louis the three prosecut-
ne officers were noticed constantly
chewing during the trial, and one Of
hem said: YES, we are chew
ng spruce gum. and we are
LONG it to break the habit of chew
ne tobacco, and if you will notice
III the street you will see three men out
d five Il mean, OF course those who are
not workIngmen) vigorously working
heir jaws. They are chewing gum.
or there seems to be tact agree
nent among gentlemen here to quit
chewing tobacco.
Many men now carry strip of slip
ocry elm in their pocket, and when
hey feel the cd craving come over
hem, then they bite off n bit and chew
t. A downtown druggist said that he
iold Il great deal of licorlcc root to men
who were trying to break the tobacco
1abit Roscoe Conkling used to chew,
although he never used tobacco prcpar-
I'd for chewing. He had a habit of
aking good cigar. cutting it in two
II the middle, then placing the cut end
If one of the halves between his teeth,
le would chew it. He did not take what
Ben Butler is SO fond Of a dry smoke,
Is il is called, but he chewed the cigar.
1c determined to break this habit,
md TO help him the more cas- "
% conquer it, he filled his pockets
With lo1enges or other choice candies
,vcry morning. Conklng has a very
sweet tooth, and is very fond of good
candy. The last three or four years he
vas in the senate he was rarely without
a lozenge or other candy in his mouth.
Senator Eaton and Senator Jones, of
Florida were both pets of Conkling.
md both being very fond of candy
almost daily performed this little COM
sdy: Eaton would stroll over to Conk-
ing's desk and chat few moments.
never failing to evince the profound
for Conkl.n that he had.
By and by he would say: Conkling,
what do you do when your throat is
Try and huskyP" Thereupon Conkling
would produce box, in which were the
sugar plums, and Eaton. taking two or
.hree, would stroll leisurely away with
,ne in his mouth. BY and by Jones
would walk across the aisle and make
lis obesance to Conkling. Then he
would cough and hem and clear his
hroat Out would come the box, and
tones made himself happy with two or
hree candies after sufficient hesitation
lbout taking them. Once when Jones
If Nevada, was making speech, and
MS voice grew husky, Conklng arose,
pulled his box of confections from his
pocket, and presented it to the miner,
With as much formality and dignity as
hough comforting the order of the
Garter. He afterward told Jones that
he would eat more candy and use less
obacco he would have no trouble with |
lis voice.
But if the habit of chewing is de-
that of smoking is gaining.
The com ng generation. by all signs,
will all smoke.-Net0 York Sun.